Identity Management Basics

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Defining Identity and Access Management:Identity and access management (IAM) systems automate business processes to manage identities, credentials and access rights across systems and applications. This document defines the functional and integration components of IAM systems.

Identity Management Terminology:This document introduces key identity management terminology and offers clear, unambiguous definitions. The intent is to help the reader focus on solving real problems, rather than waste energy on the language of identity management.

Beyond Roles: A Practical Approach to Enterprise User Provisioning:Introduces a strategy for large-scale enterprise identity and entitlement management that takes advantage of roles but is not constrained to only using roles. The strategy complements the traditional role-based approach with user-issued security requests and periodic audits.